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List:       gtk-devel
Subject:    Re: Pluggable widget types and implementations
From:       Tim Janik <timj () imendio ! com>
Date:       2006-11-28 14:29:30
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.62.0611281528470.28963 () master ! birnet ! private
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Magnus Bergman wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:53:33 +0100 (CET)
> Tim Janik <timj@imendio.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> this is a proposal for allowing pluggable widget types and
>> implementations, assorted bug report:
>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356864
>>
>> Platform and desktop customization needs, especially in the embedded
>> market go far beyond the themability support Gtk+ currently offers.
>> E.g. for touchscreens, special input methods (hand writing
>> recognition or virtual keyboards) need to be implemented, and
>> sometimes complete widgets or dialogs of stock Gtk+ have to be
>> replaced by customized implementations.
>
> Can't the alternative implementation just be LD_PRELOADed?

no, that's an entirely different mechanism replacing complete ELF symbol.

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ciaoTJ
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